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júžinati (kositi) to take lunch, (malicati) to eat (ali to have) a short meal in the afternoon (at teatime)

káčar (ptič) a snake-eating bird of prey, Circaetus gallicus

kadét cadet; student in a naval (military) college (ali academy)

mornariški kadét midshipman

kadíti to smoke, to have a smoke; (v cerkvi s kadilnico) to incense

kadíti se to smoke
kadíti prepovedano! no smoking!, no smoking allowed here!, don't smoke!
kadíti cigareto za cigareto to chain-smoke
kadíti kot Turek to smoke like a chimney
že dve leti ne kadim I have not smoked for two years
toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slabo he has smoked himself sick
včasih kadim pipo I sometimes smoke a pipe
ta cigara se ne kadi dobro this cigar does not smoke well
kadi se it's smoky
od konj se je kar kadilo the horses were steaming
kadíti komu (figurativno) to matter someone
kadíti se (dimiti se) to smoulder
peč se kadi the stove is smoking

kák kaka, kako a, an; some; any; what a...

imaš kak tolar pri sebi? have you any money about you?
kaka nevihta! what a storm!
kakih 50 let some 50 years
kaki zadnji dve leti in the last two years or so

kalkírati to trace (out); to trace a copy of; figurativno to imitate, to copy

kalóta anatomija skullcap, calvaria; (pokrivalo) calotte; geometrija segment of a sphere; (granate) cap

kámenčkati se to play a children's game with small stones

kanalizírati to canalize; to drain; to provide with a drainage (ali sewage) system figurativno to direct, to guide (in a certain direction)

kánec a drop

kapitulánt vojska one who willingly capitulates ali surrenders; a defeatist

káplja a drop; bead; (goste tekočine) blob

káplja črnila (packa) a blob of ink
po kápljah by drops, drop by drop
nekaj deževnih kapelj a few drops of rain, a few raindrops
káplje rose dewdrops pl
znojne káplje beads pl of perspiration (ali of sweat)
to je káplja v morju (figurativno) it is a drop in the bucket (ali in the ocean)
rad imam kápljo konjaka v kavi I like just a dash of brandy in my coffee
do zadnje káplje krvi to the last drop of blood
izpiti do zadnje káplje to drink off at a draught, to drain to the dregs, to leave no heeltaps
izpil (popil) ga je kápljo preveč (figurativno) he has had a drop too much, pogovorno he's had one over the eight

kápljast shaped like a drop

kapricírati se to be choosy ali hard to please; to take a fancy (na kaj to something); to stick (na kaj to something)

karakterístika (značilnost) characteristic, typical feature; (karakterizacija) characterization, description of a character; (pismena izjava o kom) reference, arhaično character

politična karakterístika (political) record
imeti dobro (slabo) karakterístiko to have a good (a bad) record

kardinálski cardinal's, of a cardinal

kardinálski klobuk cardinal's hat
dobiti kardinálski klobuk, postati kardinal to be made a cardinal

kasnó prislov late; at a late hour

kasnó postaja it's getting late
bolje kasnó kot nikoli better late than never
nekoliko (malo) kasnó je pogovorno it's latish

kastelán zgodovina castellan; governor of a castle

kášljati to cough, to have a cough

rahlo kášljati to cough gently
močnó, hudó kášljati to have a rasping cough, pogovorno to bark
kdor dolgo kašlja, dolgo živi (figurativno) creaking hinges last long

kavalír cavalier; gallant; courtly (ali fine) gentleman; lady's man; man who squires a lady